Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
243 Link Hall
apande05@syr.edu
315.443.4365
Degrees:
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, 2010
- M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 2014
- Ph.D. in Applied Physics, University of Twente, 2018
Areas of Expertise:
- Soft Matter
- Elasticity
- Capillarity
- Viscous flow
Lab/ Center/ Institute affiliation – BioInspired Institute
My primary research interest is understanding the mechanics of soft and squishy materials such as elastomers, hydrogels, and polymer melts. At a low energetic cost these materials can bend, fold, crease, pop or snap, exhibiting a variety of large (sometimes singular) and fast deformations. Their response emerge from an intricate coupling between geometry and material (surface and bulk) properties. Combining experimental, theoretical and numerical tools I study how soft materials behave when they are adhered to other substrates, wetted by liquid drops, or exposed to a flow. Leveraging this fundamental knowledge, my research lab aims to advance the development of flexible and wearable electronics, sensors and actuators for smart materials and functional surfaces.
Honors and Awards:
- Outstanding faculty award – Sigma Gamma Tau (2024).
- Active learning initiative fellowship at Cornell University (2021).
- International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM) Travel Award (2016).
Selected Publications:
- J. Yuk, A. Pandey, L. Park, W.E. Bemis and S. Jung, Effect of skull morphology on fox snow diving, PNAS 121, 19 (2024).
- A. Pandey, Z. Chen, J. Yuk, Y. Sun, C. Roh, D. Takagi, S. Lee and S. Jung, Optimal free surface pumping by an undulating carpet, Nature Communications 14, 7735 (2023).
- A. Pandey, J. Yuk, B. Chang, F. Fish, and S. Jung, Slamming dynamics of diving and its implications for diving related injuries, Science Advances 8, eabo5888, 2022.
- A. Pandey, M. Kansal, M. A. Herrada, J. Eggers and J. H. Snoeijer, Elastic Rayleigh-Plateau Instability: Dynamical Selection of Nonlinear States, Soft Matter, 17, 5148, 2021.
- A. Pandey, B. Andreotti, S. Karpitschka, G. J. van Zwieten, E. H. van Brummelen, and J. H. Snoeijer, Singular nature of the elastocapillary ridge, Physical Review X, 10, 031067, 2020.